old folks' home
Example Sentences
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Sometimes I'd get a charming surprise, like when the giant Beverly Hills cupcake order went not to a socialite but to an old folks' home.
From Salon • Sep. 10, 2022
Josh clearly worships his take-no-crap grandma, and the two bond over the macabre: He texts her “Psycho” references, she quizzes him on horror trivia in the parlor of the old folks’ home.
From New York Times • Oct. 7, 2021
I felt like I was living in an old folks’ home and I was morose.
From The Guardian • Nov. 3, 2019
Gottsagen, a performer with natural comedic timing and the ability to deliver funny and unexpected punchlines, stars as Zak, a young man unfairly confined to life at an old folks’ home.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2019
Nobody seems to think it odd that an old man is standing in his slippers on the sidewalk right outside an old folks’ home.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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